Drawer automatic cover placer



Jan. 30, 1923. 1,443,352

M DYSTHEv DRAWER AUTOMATIC COVER ACER.

FILED DEC, 12.]

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' Automatic Cover Pincers;

Patented Jan. 30, 1923.

VIMARTINIUS DYS-THE, or onooKsroN, MINNESOTA.

DRAWER AUTOMATIC COVER PLACER.

Application filed December 12, 1921. Serial No. 521,697.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Miinrrnrns D'rstrnjn, a. citizen or the Dominion of Canada, resicing at Crookston, in the corn'ii r oil Folk and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful linprovemei'its in Drawer and l do hereby declare the following to be a "full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a cover structure for drawers and is particularly designed for the bread drawer of a kitchen cabinet or for stores where it is desired to keep various ar ticles in the drawer which require that the drawer be covered.

it an object of this invention to pro vide a sliding (,lrawer ot the usual type with a. cover which is slidably mounted in the drawer and has limited movement therewith.

it is a further object of the invention to have the cover connected to the frame in nhich the drawer is mounted by a flexible means \i'hieh limits the sliding li"l( "\lil.iill of the cover with the drawer.

'lhese and other (ilijficts and atlxuntages of the invention will be :mpaicnt from the following description made in coiniection with the accompanying drawings in which like reference rhuiacters refer to the same arts throughout the different views and in which F I. is a View in vertical section through :Jamc i-l drawer showing); the invention a p g )l i ed th eto l igg. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l; and i Fin. 3 is a vertical section of one side of the drawer taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, a cabinet or other frame a isillustrated, said frame having the front cross piece a and a drawer 2 is slidably mounted in this frame the front portion of which projects forwardly and abuts against thetront ot the member 0 when the drawer is in closed position. The drawer 2 has a cover member 3. sluflably mounted in slots formed on the inside of the drawer sides and this cover abuts at its trout end against the front end of the drawer 2 when the drawer is in closed position. The cover 3 is arranged to be connected to the it me o and for this purpose a transverseli extending ear 3 struck up from the cover 3 SLll'JSliillitlillljf centrally of the width there in this car. The member l comprisesa rod through or beneath the ear 3 and the other leg passing at the top or outside thereof, this latter leg being bent to provide an eye subof and a connecting member orrbar i is held 1 stantially centrally of its length and having i its ree end bent into a loopor hook disposed at substantially a right angle to its length which loop passes around and en-' gages the end of the other leg whereby the member is securely engaged with and locked to the ear 3. A hook bolt or lag screw 5 is screwed into the inner side of the frame member a and projectswith its inner hooked end disposed substantially over the center of the drawer 2 and cover 3 and the hook end of this bolt is connected by a flexible member comprising a chain 6 to the eye in member s. The corer 3 thusinovably and flexibly connected to the frame a.

h ornially. with the drawer in closed position shown in Fig. 1, the chain 6 will be inclined rearwardly of the drawer, the cover being moved to its inward position by ongaging with the trout ot the drawer. vi hen the drawer is witlu'lrawn, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l the cover 3 will movepart way therewith but this movement will be limited by the chain (3, so that when the drawer is moved to open position, the chain will occupy the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 at which time the cover will project slightly in front of the frame. l/Vith this structure, the rear portion of the drawer is always covered and only enough of the front portion thereof will be uncovered to enable the desired article to be withdrawn therefrom. The articles in the drawer are therefore largely protected from dust and dirt. The length of the flexible member 6 can, of course be varied to provide the amount of opening desired.

From the above description; it is seen that applicant has provided a simple and efficient structure of drawer cover and one having vention which, generally stated, consists in the matter shown and described and set forth in the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination with a frame and a drawer slidably mounted therein, a cover slidably mounted in the side of said drawer andflexible means pivotally connected to said cover andsaid frame for limiting the movement of said cover. 2. The structure set forth in claim 1, said cover being adapted to abut the front of i said drawer when the latter is inclosed position.

8. In combination with a frame and a drawer slidabl-y mounted therein, a cover comprising a plate slidably mounted in the side of said drawer, a member secured in the the frame and" pro1ect1ng over sald cover,

flexible means secured to said member and to 5. In combination with the frame and a drawer slidably mounted therein, a cover slidably mounted in said drawer having an ear projecting upwardly therefrom substandrawer slidably mounted therein, a cover slidably mounted over the drawer, and a flexible means disposed above said coverand connected to the frame and to the top of the cover-intermediate the length thereof for limiting the opening movement of said cover.

7. he combination with a frame and a drawer slidably mounted therein, of a cover slidably mounted over said drawer, a hook member screwed into the frame and extending rearwardly over the cover, a chain having one end engaged in said hook, a con necting member extending transversely of said cover and attached thereto having an upstanding loop in which the other end of said chain is connected. 7

in testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MARTINIUS DYSTHE. Witness:

RAY NELSON. 

